Or will these potentially life-saving technologies never make it out of the lab?

Researchers at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne have developed an osmotic power generation system that delivers never-before-seen yields

Single-celled phytoplankton play a vital role in marine biogeochemical cycling, in marine food webs, and in the global climate system

Researchers modeled soil carbon sequestration rates for five crops

University of Utah study compares lawn watering recommendations to actual turfgrass water use in Los Angeles

"Without these scavengers dead animals would be scattered around our environment rotting and causing a hygiene hazard,” researcher says

These renewable resources include agricultural, forestry and algal biomass, as well as waste

New trees have a better growth rate and denser wood than natives, and can produce fiber year-round

This discovery may enable scientists to engineer crop plants that more efficiently harness the energy of the Sun

“Whether or not beaver dams are beneficial to trout and salmon has been hotly debated,” says ecologist 

Rutgers and Harvard scientists lay out strategy for investigating societal consequences

Thomas Nosker created the synthetic lumber—made from recycled plastic bottles, coffee cups and other plastics—used in bridges, railway ties, docks and picnic tables